worked closely with U.S. Customs on these operations by training port officials and verifying whether suspected parts were indeed fake.


2009


SIA’s multiyear effort with the Congress and Administration secured more than $15 billion for vital scientific research programs as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (HR 1). SIA also weighed in to support the stimulus package’s funding for smart grid, health IT, education IT, and energy efficiency and renewable energy.


Dewey & LeBoeuf study, Semiconductor Industry R&D and Manufacturing Activity,” presents for the first


“Maintaining America’s Competitive Edge: Government Policies Affecting time data on the


international geographic shifts in manufacturing and R&D investment by the U.S. semiconductor industry and the factors underlying those trends. The study finds a 14.6 percentage point drop in U.S. industry global capital spending for wafer fabrication directed to the U.S., and an 8.4 percentage point drop in U.S. industry global R&D spending in the U.S., between 1997-1999 and 2005-2007.


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